Thanks Auntie Beeb…for repeating the entire first two series of RED AND BLUE, my wargame/state of the planet drama series which I’ve been writing over the last four or five years.

The war to create a greater Kurdistan…the SAS in the desert…a terror attack on London…a global pandemic that will decimate humankind…these are just some of the nightmare scenarios I’ve written about. Think DOOMWATCH without the cheery optimism…(!) NOTE FOR YOUNGER READERS: That was a TV series once upon a time…in the days before Netflix.

I was privileged to work with the great Tim Woodward, who plays wargamist supreme Bradley Shoreham, playing against wonderful talents like Lloyd Hutchinson, Bill Paterson and Harriet Walter.

Episode 1 of Series 1 is on iPlayer now.

Eps 2 and 3 are on successive Thursdays from this week.

Series 2 begins in February.

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William Burton

Posted April 28, 2017 at 9:27 AM

Dear Phillip
My colleague and I are running cyber wargames for business and I was directed to your play Ransomware, which was excellent! Sadly my colleague did not get a chance to listen to it before the BBC whipped it off iPlayer. I have done a fairly extensive search online but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. Do you know where I might find it for download? (happy to pay!).
Thanks
Will

Sorry I’ve only just seen this – delighted you were ableto watch Season 1 of RED AND BLUE on iTunes. I didn’t actually know it was available there! I wrote two more series – the second features Harriet Walter and the third series has the astonishing Sara Kestelman. All 9 episodes were broadcast on BBC Extra last year but I don’t know if another repeat is planned. The BBC alas don’t have their own radio plays on iPlayer. I’m currently working on a DANGEROUS VISIONS episode and I have a Hungarian cop show coming up, as well as my novel HELL ON EARTH and novella MURDER OF THE HEART. Happy listening!